Oregon state government has experienced an unprecedented reduction in funding. Yet, that situation is just a reflection of the conditions Oregonians currently experience. Because of these unprecedented challenges, the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO) asked the State Chief Information Officer (CIO) to convene the state CIO Council to: describe to the legislature what state government’s information technology (IT) community is already doing to help deal with the current fiscal crisis; and to explore other ways information and technology resources could be leveraged in these tough times. That effort began in February 2009 and continues. A progress report on “Actions and Opportunities to Optimize Information Technology Cost and Efficiency” across state government is provided below: